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As published in Rental Housing Journal's May 2019 On-Site Who Wants Affordable...

The Seattle Office of Housing published the 2019 maximum income and rent schedules for the various income-restricted housing programs operating...

On April 24, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published the 2019 Median Income schedules which set limits for...

Wednesday, April 17, marks the final day the legislature may consider a proposal from the opposite house. The remaining time is devoted to...

The Democratic Party may have the majority in both chambers of the Washington State Legislature, but their proposed Biennium Operating Budgets...

March 13 marks the last day the house of origin (the House of Representatives or Senate) may consider any bill introduced in the respective chamber...

Those of us who are old enough remember the famous Schoolhouse Rock animation of “I’m Just A Bill”. That video certainly motivated...

Friday, February 22 marked the first policy cut off in the State Legislature. Any policy that was not voted out of its committee of origin is...

Beginning Friday, February 1, new landlord-tenant laws take effect for properties in the City of Tacoma only. Jump to Information required at the...

As the government shutdown continues to drag on into the second month, there is a lot of media attention directed at the government's ability to...

Tacoma's Rental Housing Code Effective February 1, 2019 On November 20, Tacoma City Council passed an ordinance which creates specific renter...

After seven months of negotiations, the Tacoma City Council passed a Rental Housing Code on the evening of 11/20/18. The majority of the new laws...